Twelvers

A depiction of the Twelve Imams from 1980: in the depiction, the person whose face is obscured by light is Prophet Muhammad, and the person in the front and center is Ali.

Twelvers, or Twelver Shia's (Arabic: اثَنَا عَشْرِيَّةٌ شِيعَةٌ, Persian: شیعه دوازده امامی), are Shia Muslims who believe that God appointed twelve guides (Imams) after Prophet Muhammad:

• Ali ibn Abi Talib (Ameerul Mu'mineen)
• Hassan ibn Ali (al-Mujtabaa)
• Husayn ibn Ali (ash-Shaheed)
• Ali ibn Husayn (Zaynul Aabideen)
• Muhammad al-Baqir
• Jafar as-Sadiq
• Musa al-Kadhim
• Ali ar-Ridha
• Muhammad at-Taqi, al-Jawaad
• Ali al-Haadi, an-Naqi
• Hassan al-Askari
• Muhammad al-Mahdi

About 85% of Shia Muslims are Twelvers. Most of them can be found in Iran (90%), Azerbaijan (85%), Bahrain (80%), Iraq (65%), Lebanon (35%), and Kuwait (35%). There are also significant minorities in Pakistan (20%), Afghanistan (18%), and Saudi Arabia (10-15%).

Twelvers Media

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  18th century mirror writing in Ottoman calligraphy. Depicts the phrase 'Ali is the vicegerent of God' in both directions.

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  Imam Husayn Shrine in Karbala, Iraq, where the Battle of Karbala took place

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